agents

Class UIAgentExtended

java.lang.Object

negotiator.Agent

agents.UIAgentExtended

public class UIAgentExtended
extends Agent

Author:

W.Pasman, modified version of Dmytro's UIAgent

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected int	bidCounter
protected java.util.ArrayList<agents.NegoRoundData>	historyOfBids
protected agents.NegoRoundData	roundData

Fields inherited from class negotiator.Agent

fNegotiation, parametervalues, sessionNr, sessionsTotal, startTime, strategyParameters, timeline, totalTime, utilitySpace

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UIAgentExtended()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Action	chooseAction() this function is called after ReceiveMessage, with an Offer-action.
Bid	getMyPreviousBid()
Bid	getOppPreviousBid()
static java.lang.String	getVersion() One agent will be kept alive over multiple sessions.
void	init() This method is called by the protocol every time before starting a new session after the internalInit method is called.
boolean	isUIAgent() Determine if this agent is communicating with the user about nego steps.
void	ReceiveMessage(Action opponentAction) informs you which action the opponent did

Methods inherited from class negotiator.Agent

endSession, getAgentID, getName, getParameterValues, getSessionNumber, getSessionsTotal, getStrategyParameters, getUtility, internalInit, loadSessionData, parseStrategyParameters, restartDataObjectsFolder, saveSessionData, setAgentID, setName, sleep

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

bidCounter

protected int bidCounter

roundData

protected agents.NegoRoundData roundData

historyOfBids

protected java.util.ArrayList<agents.NegoRoundData> historyOfBids

Constructor Detail

UIAgentExtended

public UIAgentExtended()

Method Detail

getVersion

public static java.lang.String getVersion()

One agent will be kept alive over multiple sessions. Init will be called at the start of each nego session.

init

public void init()

Description copied from class: Agent

This method is called by the protocol every time before starting a new session after the internalInit method is called. User can override this method.

Overrides:

init in class Agent

ReceiveMessage

public void ReceiveMessage(Action opponentAction)

Description copied from class: Agent

informs you which action the opponent did

Overrides:

ReceiveMessage in class Agent

chooseAction

public Action chooseAction()

Description copied from class: Agent

this function is called after ReceiveMessage, with an Offer-action.

Specified by:

chooseAction in class Agent

Returns:

(should return) the bid-action the agent wants to make.

isUIAgent

public boolean isUIAgent()

Description copied from class: Agent

Determine if this agent is communicating with the user about nego steps.

Overrides:

isUIAgent in class Agent

Returns:

true if a human user is directly communicating with the agent in order to steer the nego. This flag is used to determine the timeout for the negotiation (larger with human users).

getMyPreviousBid

public Bid getMyPreviousBid()

getOppPreviousBid

public Bid getOppPreviousBid()